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| Bogstandard:
I just had to get this bit out of the way, so instead of waiting to stand my RT upright, I did it with the spindexer. Having set up the spindexer in the vice, I first positioned the cutter half way across the face, where I had cut a relief into it. Then with the cutter tip a few thou lower than centre, I just fed the cutter in from the side and gently hand turned the spindexer in an anticlockwise direction, so that the tip of the cutter was doing all the work. I just kept feeding the cutter in a bit, then doing a revolution, then feed a bit more, until I got to the depth I wanted. After tapping out the centre spindle and fitting in a bit of stainless studding, I could use the pulley to fix the whole flywheel shaft together. Everything ran nice and sweet and true. This shot shows how the spring belt will work, hopefully the other end will be going to a small generator. Just a bit more work on the flywheel and these two bits will be ready for paint. Bogs |
| Divided he ad:
I do like that method of putting the round groove into pulleys etc. It's the one you showed me when I was making the pipe bender. It works a treat and so very much simpler that grinding up form tools for the lathe. I like simple! :thumbup: Another interesting way to fix a flywheel too. It's all going into the memory banks :) Ralph. |
| Dean W:
Neat way to cut the radiused groove, John. I hope I remember that one! |
| Bogstandard:
It's a very easy way to do it Dean. Saves having to grind up radiused cutters for use on the lathe, all you need is a milling cutter of whatever sized groove you want. As Ralph said, when making a bending machine, it is a simple job to make up the bending rollers to fit any diameter pipe, and they fit the pipe perfectly. John |
| madjackghengis:
Very nicely done, John. I tried a piece of sash weight once and gave it up as a bad job, but I think I'll take a different approach with one next time, I liked how that pulley turned out and the technique with the groove as well. I'm looking forward to seeing it turning the gennie. :beer: Cheers, Jack |
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